SHENZHEN is losing its appeal for professionals because of rising prices, prohibitive housing costs and low salaries, according to enterprises present at Saturday s job fair.
There were few jobseekers at the fair, which attracted 288 enterprises from Shenzhen and other places with more than 12,000 positions for senior and mid-range professionals, a Southern Metropolis Daily report said.
Better offers came from enterprises outside Shenzhen for technology and management professionals. Incentives included higher pay, free housing and free use of a car.
Tianshan Real Estate Development Co. from Beijing offered more than 10 positions including three for senior managers with annual salaries of more than 1 million yuan, the paper said.
An annual salary of at least 200,000 yuan was offered for general management positions.
Company recruitment officer, Tian, said Shenzhen had a mature real estate industry and a cluster of high-caliber real estate professionals.
After advertising for recruits in local newspapers, Tian had interviewed candidates, some of whom he described as well-qualified.
Technology, marketing and management professionals were most in demand. About 60 percent of the positions offered were involved in the manufacture of mechanical equipment and electronic information, as well as in other fields.
The administrative director of Shenzhen Haosen Small Loans Co., surnamed Zhang, said Shenzhen was appealing to people who wanted to start their own business, but was less appealing for ordinary employees such as office workers.
In addition to more development opportunities, the overall salary level in Beijing and Shanghai is higher than in Shenzhen, she said.
Zhang said her customers sometimes mentioned Shenzhen s falling appeal for professionals and a lack of a sense of home for them.
Local enterprises had also complained saying the living environment was not as good as before, the paper said.
It seems to be getting more difficult to recruit the people we need, said a woman, Liu, who was in charge of recruiting for local enterprise, Boly Media Communications Co. Ltd.
Liu said the economy had not fully recovered and some professionals were being attracted to places like Zhejiang and Jiangsu, where more foreign businesses paid higher salaries. (Martin Li)
